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Riley Bruce
Riley is lead systems trainer at Code42 where he currently enjoys educating learners through engaging, hands-on coursework. Previously, Riley also served in both customer support and education roles. Prior to Code42, Riley began his career in IT for higher education where he solved complex issues as an assistant Macintosh systems administrator. In his spare time he enjoys relaxing at the lake in northern Wisconsin with his wife Hannah and their pug Mimi.


Eric Hall
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John Neyssen
John has been a Unix Systems Administrator at Wesleyan University for the past 3 years. John has over 8 years experience working as a Linux Administrator.  He manages and maintains Wesleyan's Code42 Crashplan servers and storage (currently close to 200TB).
John has attended Crashplan version 5 and version 6 training.  Formerly John worked as Linux Deskside support for over 400 users.
 

Karen Warren
Karen is in her ninth year at Wesleyan University where she assumed the role of Deputy CIO in Nov 2016. Karen has oversight for the user services, technical services, and academic technology teams. Combined, they provide the foundational support for all other IT operations in the University, develops strategic input regarding systems and infrastructure, and provide support for teaching and learning through the use of technology. 

Karen is currently chair of NERCOMP's Board (2016-2017) and served as NERCOMP Annual Conference chair in 2016. She has presented on numerous topics at the NERCOMP Annual Conference and other professional workshops. Karen is active in campus life and committed to crossing functional and departmental lines to bring solutions to the Wesleyan community. She served on the University's re-accreditation team in 2012. Karen also participates in events from the National Center for Women in Technology and the local Society for Information Management. 

Selected projects include core network refresh, enterprise WLAN upgrade, ServiceNow implementation, and migration to Office 365. 

Prior to coming to Wesleyan, Karen spent 15 years at the American School for the Deaf in West Hartford, CT where she was IT Director for 10 of those years. Karen focused much time on the importance of broadband access in K-12 education, forging a strong and lasting relationship with Connecticut Education Network. Having spoken at numerous conferences on the topic, Karen was invited to participate on a panel at the FCC on the importance of ERate to broadband in schools. 

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